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’50 Cent’ Made $400M Last Week When Stocks Went Crazy

For months, a mysterious stick trader known as 50 Cent has been placing small "bets" that the stock market would go crazy. Those bets paid off last week during the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/14/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: hip hop, music, rap, stocks

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Full List Of Grammy Award Winners 2018: Bruno Mars Spoils Hip Hop’s Big Year

The 2018 Grammy Awards saw Bruno Mars take home all six awards that he was nominated for including the trifecta of Song, Record and Album Of The Year, and Jay. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/29/2018 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

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50 Cent Forgot He Had $8 Million In Bitcoin

Rapper 50 Cent is enjoying a surprise windfall of almost $8 million after suddenly remembering that he had a stash of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. According to Newsweek, 50 Cent gained the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/26/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (5)

Tags: Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Google, hip hop, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, rap, Spotify, tech, YouTube

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Russell Simmons Steps Down After Multiple Sexual Misconduct Allegations

[UPDATED] Hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons on Thursday announced that he was stepping down from the companies he founded after another woman leveled a sexual misconduct charge against him.

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Happy Birthday Hip Hop!

Looking back four decades to the genre's inceptions, SoundExchange celebrates the birth of hip hop, exploring how the artform was born at the hands of Clive Campbell, and how it. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/11/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Chance The Rapper Declares “SoundCloud is here to stay,” Debuts Track With Young Thug Exclusively On Streamer

After reading multiple reports that SoundCloud was just weeks from running out of cash, Chance The Rapper tweeted, "I'm working on the SoundCloud thing." The tweet led to a call. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/17/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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T.I. Concert Backstage Brawl Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Seriously Injured

It's not safe, even in the VIP: An incident that began backstage at T.I.'s show at Irving Plaza in New York City marks the second fatal shooting at one the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/26/2016 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

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